What’s your story?
We are connected and shaped by multiple stories.
Stories are powerful for they help make sense of the world, how we retain and pass on information. We are neurologically designed to respond to storytelling rather than data. We are emotional beings with 100 or more neurotransmitters that trigger reactions in our brain, releasing chemicals to make us happy and optimistic; oxytocin to feel kindness, trust in others and cooperation; and adrenaline as a reaction to fear, among others.
“Beware of the stories you tell yourself—for you will surely be lived by them.”
The stories we weave and the stories we tell about ourselves to ourselves and to others have the ability to help or hamper us. What we see in our mind’s eye is often what we get.
The stories we tell about ourselves reinforce how we see ourselves in our world, communicate about about ourselves and our world, and participate in our environment. Not only does storytelling provide meaning but it can also act as a lever to drive our motivation, our energy, our appetite to move forward and progress or it can grind us down and hold us back.
A story is like a tree, you water it and give it enough sunlight, and it grows bigger, stronger, taller and deeper in the ground. The bigger it gets, the more it becomes the driving narrative with deep roots becoming harder to shift.
How often did you say to yourself?
I am not a leader
I am just a dreamer
I am not good at public speaking
I am not good at my job
I’m too old to start afresh
I don't have what it takes
I don't think I am good enough to get promoted
What if you could change that?
Change happens when we make shifts in who and how we are as ‘Author’ of our stories, as ‘Actor’ in stories with others, as ‘Agent’ in the narratives around us, and as ‘Activist’ for better narratives.
As a PR & Marketing professional trained in narrative coaching, I have worked with individuals, brands and organisations for 17+ years to help them shape their stories and understand the power of storytelling.
As a career and business coach, I have developed a programme to help you change the stories you want about yourself to help you move forward and achieve whatever you want. This is about providing a space to explore alternative perspectives, for you to find your own way to move forward, progress and make it happen. We're not the magicians, you are!
Now ask yourself the following:
How is my story serving me?
What has been my story up to this point?
What will happen if I let that story go?
What would a different story help me see or do?
Do I want to continue or change my story?
If I want to change it, what pieces can I bring forward to help me?
I will create the optimum place for you so you can explore your thinking, ways of being, and the stories you tell yourself that are preventing you from going where you want to be - in all aspects of your life.